The ability to tell complex geo political and cultural stories with accuracy and depth, and know it’s reaching tens of millions of people around the world is a great responsibility.
I met a young man who told me one of my articles changed the course of his life. He switched from business to become a primate conservationist. This is the
21st Century Slaves received the biggest response in the history of National Geographic. Positive responses from numerous NGOs and praise from the US Department of Justice for the effect it
The Phoenix Islands were turned into the second largest marine protected area in history. We have reduced the slaughter of narwhals; we have showed Antarctic scientists that it is safe
I was told by a member of the Bush administration that the Northwestern Hawaiian Island story helped convince President George W. Bush to create the world’s largest marine protected area.
I hope the stories I’ve done on resources have had some affect . . . I know the story I did on Sudan was used by the USAID and others
I felt like the story we did on New Orleans after Katrina and the levee systems helped push the Army Corp to re-examine their levee rebuilding effort.
One of my photos from the Niger Delta of a 14-year-old boy working in a slaughterhouse compelled an American woman to locate him and she now pays for him to
My coverage of Orangutans of Gunung Palung National Park has promoted increased conservation funding and efforts there. My Hornbill coverage in Thailand has helped conservationists raise funds and carry out
My story on Tennessee Alabama and Georgia caves led to the conservation of major cave systems in Alabama.